Toilets on the Canning stock route

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Canning Stock Route

The Canning Stock Route is a long-distance remote stretch of track through the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts. No longer in use as a stock route this is now a vehicular track allowing access to the

Canning Stock Route

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The Canning Stock Route is a long-distance remote stretch of track through the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts. No longer in use as a stock route this is now a vehicular track allowing travel along

aimee

It is official, the Durba Dunny has been relocated and rebuilt, and is open for some "serious" business, also the Georgia Bore toilet has been fixed and awaits your "business". A warning on the C.S.R. that there is no water to be had at Durba Springs as yet.Hope you all enjoy the new facilities put there by a dedicated group of volunteers.

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Reply By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:28

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:28

Thanks Aimee. We were incredibly disappointed last year to find that the facilities at Durba had been destroyed in a mindless act of Vandalism. It’s great that a group of selfless individuals have undertaken what is no doubt an expensive, difficult and time consuming exercise to ensure that we outback travelers have some creature comforts and even more importantly, ensuring that the magnificent and fragile Durba environment can sustain the onslaught of we tourists. A heartfelt thanks to all those who participated.

Regards and thanks. Mick.

P.S. Aimee, has it been relocated outside the gorge area?

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Follow Up By: aimee - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:36

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:36

Hi Mick, yes the toilet has been relocated just over the small creek crossing at the mouth of the Gorge on the south east wall, aproximately 200mts further to walk to now (this was the wish of the "traditional" land owners.)

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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 22:01

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 22:01

Thanks Aimee, that's good news and no doubt a much better location and keeping the T/O on side is vitally important these days.

Cheers Mick

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Follow Up By: Sixty at Last - Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:10

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:10

Hi Aimee, thks for the info - I might be at DS next year.

But what's with the quote marks around "traditional"?

Cheers. John.

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Follow Up By: aimee - Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:41

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:41

Hi John,
There was nothing sinister about the quote marks around traditional land owners. In actual fact we had two elders of the Martu people with us in the work party and they also brought along one of their younger members of the community to show and teach him about the land. We had a great time listening to their traditional stories and they showed us many things that we had missed on the C.S.R. even though we have been out there many times.
Aimee

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Follow Up By: Sixty at Last - Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:33

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:33

Cheers Aimee, thks. John.

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Reply By: Member - Jack - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:30

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:30

Nice shot of Mick heading into the boonies to conduct some "secret men's business". On a clear night you can see the southern cross from there. :)

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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 22:00

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 22:00

Indeed you can OBJ ;-) At least I won't have to attach the sand flag to the dunny seat just to let other travellers know thet they are fast approaching my chosen location during the early morning Durba peak hour rush lol!

A thick piece of scrub was at a premium around 7.20 a.m. let me assure you. Bombs away old boy!

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Reply By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:43

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:43

Hi aimee,

Great work and many thanks.

A 200 metre walk isn't any sort of a problem to thank the traditonal owners for allowing the use of their land.

Geoff

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Reply By: PatrolSTL04 - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 22:23

Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 at 22:23

Great news.

I warned Track Carein August 2008 about communicating with the "traditional owners". I bumped into some elders at Calvert Ranges during the trip. They told myself and my traveller, that they had arranged some boys to go out and burn it down. They were dead serious that they did not want us defacating on their land.

Seems as though lines of communication were open this time, and hopefully it will not be wrecked again.

Brett....

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Reply By: oldfart1953 - Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 14:43

Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 at 14:43

brings back memories....I had one of those aluminium framed seats, walked of to use it, tried to dig a hole the ground was too hard hole was only 2cm deep, sat down to do business....guess what frame collapsed....s**t everywhere....gravel & dirt between my cheeks....family thought it was very funny.....I didn't at the time....but I do now as I type this.

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